Weather

Press, 27 September 1988, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine over most of the North Island and the north and east of the South Island; mist and light rain on the West Coast; showers in the south. Canterbury: Mostly dry; late coastal showers; showers near Alps. Marlborough: Mainly fine. Nelson: Cloudy in the west; fine elsewhere. Bullen Mostly cloudy. Westland: Light showers. Tomorrow: Coastal cloud in the east; fine in the north and west. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Mostly fine, warm north-westerlies, rain about western ranges in the east; northerlies, some cloud, rain in the west. North Island: Dry, some cloud in the north and central districts; north-westerlies, some showers in the west and south. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun — Rises, 6.10 a.m.; sets 6.32 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.8 a.m.; sets 6.34 p.m. Moon — Rises, 8129 p.m., sets, 6.28 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.51 p.m.; sets, 6.54 a.m. Phases — Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10. First quarter: October 19. Full moon: October 26. High tide at Lyttelton — 4.57 a.m. and 5.26 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.59 a.m. and 6.29 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min).‘ Noon weather: Auckland 16 deg., cloudy, S., 7 knots. Wellington 16, cloudy, N., 11. Christchurch 18, cloudy, E., 13. Dunedin 14, partly cloudy, N.E., 21. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 27; Brisbane, 15, 26; Canberra, 0, 19; Darwin, 28, 33; Hobart, 8, 15; Melbourne, 11, 23; Perth, 11, 20; Sydney, 12, 23. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 17; Athens, 18, 28; Bahrain, 28, 36; Bangkok, 26, 31; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 23, 29; Belgrade, 13, 20; Berlin, 8, 16; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 8, 19; Budapest, 9, 22; Buenos Aires, 9, 19; Cairo, 23, 32; Copenhagen, 10, 15; Dublin, 8, 18; Frankfurt, 17, 14; Geneva, 11, 20; Harare, 9, 29; Havana, 23, 31; Helsinki, 9, 12; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Islamabad, 18, 29; Istanbul, 15, 25; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 26; Johannesburg, 12, 29; Kiev, 6, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 16, 28; London, 15, 20; Madrid, 14, 30; Manila 25, 34- Mexico City, 12, 25; Miami, 26, 30; Montevideo, 8, 18; Montreal, 11, 18; Moscow, 6, 14; Nairobi, 13, 22; Nassau, 21, 30; New Delhi, 24, 31; New York, 15, 24; Nicosia, 18, 31; Oslo, 8, 11; Paris, 13, 18; Peking, 15, 27; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 37; Rome, 16, 27; San Francisco, 11, 19; Santiago, 4, 23; Sao Paulo, 22, 33; Seoul, 22, 24; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 10, 13; Taipei, 20, 22; Tel Aviv, 23, 29; Tokyo, 18, 21; Toronto, 9, 18; Vancouver, 7, 13 - Vienna, 12, 19; Warsaw, 11, 18. ’

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. deg. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: Yesterday 10 hr 00 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 19 To date this month . . . 158 To date this month . . . 7 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1622 To date this year 241 Millibars. . . 1015.6 1016.9 To date last year .... 1523 To date last year 448 Temperatures and rainfall Average for Sepember. 162 Average to date 493 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. Per cent at noon .... 47 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 10 deg, grass 7 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 66 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil.